UN: Conflict, aid cuts push northern Nigeria into worst hunger crisis in 10yrs

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said that conflict and shrinking humanitarian funding have pushed northern Nigeria into its worst hunger crisis in almost a decade, with more than 17 million people now facing acute food insecurity across nine conflict-affected states.
In a statement on Thursday, the UN agency said the latest Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis showed that the number of people experiencing crisis, emergency or catastrophic levels of hunger had increased by nearly two million since the last assessment.
The WFP said the situation is particularly dire in Borno State, where renewed insurgent attacks and reduced food assistance have left more than three...